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Assignment: Patty Plaintiff’s Really Bad Week
Due Week 7
Worth 280 points

In this assignment, you’ll need to decide whether Patty Plaintiff has any legal claims arising from a series of unfortunate events. After reading the scenario, answer the questions that follow, making sure to fully explain the basis of your decision.
Patty Plaintiff is shopping at her favorite store, Cash Mart. She is looking for a new laptop, but she can’t find one she likes. Then, realizing that she is going to be late for an appointment, she attempts to leave the store, walking very fast. However, before she can leave, she is stopped by a security guard who accuses her of shoplifting. Patty, who has taken nothing, denies any wrongdoing. The officer insists and takes Patty to a small room in the back of the store. The guard tells Patty that if she attempts to leave the room she will be arrested and sent to jail. At this point, the guard leaves the room. Patty is scared and waits in the room for over an hour until the manager comes in and apologizes and tells Patty that she is free to go.

About this same time, Gerry Golfer is hitting golf balls in his backyard. Gerry decides to break out his new driver and hits a golf ball out of his backyard into the Cash Mart parking lot. The golf ball hits Patty Plaintiff on the head and knocks her unconscious just as she is leaving the store.

Five days later, after recovering from her injuries, Patty returns to work at Acme Corporation. Unfortunately, she used her company email to send her mom a personal email about her injury despite being aware that Acme’s company policy prohibits use of company email for personal communication. Patty’s supervisor, Barry Bossley, discovers Patty’s violation and Patty is reprimanded. When Patty goes home she uses her personal computer to post disparaging comments about her boss and Acme Corporation on social media. The next day Patty is fired from her job.

In 4-6 pages, answer the following question: What types of legal claims could Patty make against Cash Mart, Gerry, and Acme Corporation? Consider the following:

What are the possible tort claims that Patty can make against Cash Mart? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.

Was Gerry negligent when he hit the golf ball that injured Patty? Discuss the elements of negligence and use facts from the scenario to support your decision.

Does Patty have a right to privacy when using Acme Corporation’s email system? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.

Can Patty be legally fired from her job for making negative comments about her boss and her company on social media? Discuss the elements of the claim and how those elements relate to the facts in the scenario.

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Business Law: Patty Plaintiff’s Really Bad Week
Thesis statement: Each tort claim, either for or against her, has its own definitive elements that
shall guide the process of determining possibilities of success in a court of law.
On the first instance, Patty Plaintiff certainly does have reasonable tort claims against Cash Mart
on grounds of false imprisonment by assertion of authority.
1. Introduction
2. Tort claim against Cash Mart
3. Gerry’s negligence
4. Right to privacy
5. Right to be fired
6. Conclusion


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Introduction
Before making any tort claims, facts of the scenario, evidence as a result of breach or
violation, and ways to represent both in a court of law are devised and critically planned
beforehand. Certain elements, developed after years of law-making and judicial activities, have to
be met if compensations are to be dispensed, and it’s the duty of the court to determine if the
evidence brought forward satisfy these elements. Patty has to evaluate her four possible case
scenarios to see if any violations happened against her rights that need compensation. Each tort
claim, either for or against her, has its own definitive elements that shall guide the process of
determining possibilities of success in a court of law.
Tort claim against Cash Mart
In the first instance, Patty Plaintiff certainly does have reasonable tort claims against Cash
Mart on the grounds of false imprisonment by the assertion of authority. For there to be a case
based on false imprisonment, the facts must meet prima facie defining that the person confining
the plaintiff was wi...


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